Bellini's most consistently inspired opera, director Orpha Phelan tells us, has been set on a pedestal. Well, a pedestal would have been good for the titular Druid high priestess to deliver her ...
Salome Jicia surmounts every vocal challenge of the role. She is well matched with Mario Chang, William Guanbo Su and Siobhan ...
But in Phelan's conception, Norma is very much the boss, a Boudica or Jeanne d'Arc, and certainly no mere spiritual ...
When Vancouver Opera opens its season with Norma, soprano Hasmik Papian will sing the title role she’s played around the world Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma is widely considered the bel canto opera of all ...
The second act of Bellini’s Norma contains two dramatic twists—one an act of solidarity and the other an act of self-immolation. After revealing that Druid priestesses Norma and Adalgisa are each ...
The “fearful wood” of Felice Romani’s libretto remains, but is here transfigured by designer Alfons Flores from nature’s doing into something terribly and horribly man-made. Framing the stage’s church ...
Presented by Musica Viva and staged at Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall, the upcoming classical production of “Norma” by Professor Lo is the second revival of this captivating opera since its 1989 ...
Presented by Musica Viva and staged at Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall, the upcoming classical production of “Norma” by Professor Lo is the second revival of this captivating opera since its 1989 ...
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